“Nobody has won everybody has lost” -Saif Raza Azim
Two Belarusian refugees were welcomed by the Cabinet of Germany to share their emotional testimonies of immigration. They both seemed hopeless for the situation in Belarus and pleaded with the German Cabinet members to look at the immigration crisis more humanely.
“We are not statistics,” shares Marina Pikic. Marina shared that most of her life she has been a refugee and she has lost her homeland and family and friends because of the political turmoil in Bosnia; even with her migration to Germany she still struggles to get adequate health care and is food insecure.
Another refugee that accompanied Ms. Pikic was Mr. Saif Raza Azim. He shared that he lost his wife and daughter and was not upset at their enemy but how inhumanely the world treated refugees.
Th experience last night of listening to both Saif and Marina should be a reminder to the international community that refugees are people and that policy should be considered with caution and care.
Germany had the privilege of meeting with the two refugees one on one. Could this affect their future immigration policies in the future?